RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY

When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a  36 . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish is  37 , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would  38 every bit of the food on their plates.

As I was hungry, my local colleague  39 much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not  40 much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of  41 food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we  42 someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were  43 about us wasting so much food.

“We  44 for our food; it is none of your  45 how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them  46 made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in  47 arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro  48 . The officer told us in a stern（嚴(yán)厲的）voice: “order  49 you can consume. Money is yours,   50 the resources belong to the society. You have no  51 for wasting them.” Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our  52 . My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly  53 to the officer.

My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all  54 it to remind us that we should never be  55 .

1.

A．restaurant

B．company

C．family

D．bank

 

2.

A．cooked

B．served

C．gathered

D．missed

 

3.

A．desert

B．refuse

C．oppose

D．finish

 

4.

A．kept

B．sold

C．ordered

D．made

 

5.

A．save

B．spend

C．divide

D．find

 

6.

A．undiscovered

B．undeveloped

C．unconsumed

D．undetermined

 

7.

A．a(chǎn)ppointed

B．knew

C．realized

D．heard

 

8.

A．curious

B．unhappy

C．nervous

D．optimistic

 

9.

A．paid

B．a(chǎn)sked

C．a(chǎn)pplied

D．a(chǎn)ccounted

 

10.

A．matter

B．mind

C．question

D．business

 

11.

A．immediately

B．passively

C．excitedly

D．regularly

 

12.

A．rags

B．uniform

C．fashion

D．dream

 

13.

A．a(chǎn)ward

B．food

C．fine

D．souvenir

 

14.

A．how

B．it

C．that

D．what

 

15.

A．but

B．a(chǎn)nd

C．or

D．so

 

16.

A．a(chǎn)bility

B．problem

C．reason

D．power

 

17.

A．words

B．hearts

C．faces

D．ears

 

18.

A．a(chǎn)pologized

B．a(chǎn)ccused

C．a(chǎn)dmitted

D．a(chǎn)pproved

 

19.

A．stuck

B．broke

C．kept

D．threw

 

20.

A．hopeful

B．grateful

C．merciful

D．wasteful

 

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】文章講述的是作者跟同事在飯店吃飯的時(shí)候，因?yàn)槔速M(fèi)了事物而被罰款的故事，認(rèn)識(shí)到了事物是社會(huì)的資源，我們不應(yīng)當(dāng)浪費(fèi)。

1.上下文，根據(jù)后文的We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal可知，有幾個(gè)客人在吃飯，所以是在飯店里。

2.句意理解，當(dāng)食物被供應(yīng)/招待的時(shí)候，serve a dish 常用搭配，意為上菜

3.句意理解，根據(jù)every bit可知，此處意為他們吃掉盤子里的每一點(diǎn)食物。

4.常用搭配，因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)陲埖�，所以此處是我的同事幫我點(diǎn)了很多的食物。

5.常用搭配，根據(jù)dining可知，此處是spend time doing sth

6.上下文，因?yàn)樗麄儧]有足夠的時(shí)間，所以走的時(shí)候盤子里還有三分之一沒吃的食物。 Unconsumed 意為沒吃光的

7.上下文，根據(jù)calling us 可知，此處是聽到別人在叫我們。

8.句意理解，跟根據(jù)后面的wasting so much food可知，她們叫住我們是對(duì)我們浪費(fèi)食物的行為感到不滿意，不高興

9.句意理解，我們花錢買了我們的食物，我們剩多少食物跟你沒關(guān)系。

10.句意同上，none of your business 不管你的事,固定搭配

11.句意理解，其中一個(gè)很生氣，立刻拿出手機(jī)給某人打了個(gè)電話。

12.語境。一個(gè)穿著制服的警官到了。

13.上下文，根據(jù)最后一段可知，這個(gè)警官給我們發(fā)出了50歐元的罰款。Fine意為罰款

14.從句連詞選擇。該句為賓語從句，從句中缺少consume的賓語，故選擇what

15.連詞，轉(zhuǎn)折。錢是你們的，但是資源是屬于社會(huì)的，你沒有任何理由可以浪費(fèi)資源。

16.同上

17.句意理解，因?yàn)槲覀兌紱]有說話，所以此處意為我們?cè)谛睦锒假澩脑挕?/p>

18.上下文，我們心里贊同警官的話，所以我的同事一直向他道歉。

19.句意理解，我們把這個(gè)紀(jì)念品保留著，

20.上下文，此處講的是不要像剛才那樣浪費(fèi)。

 

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